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THE RIBSTON PIPPIN. 



Ribston Pippin, of all English Collections. 

 Travel's Apple. Hort. Trans, vol. Hi. p. 324. 

 Formosa Pippin. Ibid. vol. Hi. p. 322. 

 Glory of York, of some. 



Instead of any account of our own, we present 

 our readers with the following extract from some 

 MSS. papers, furnished to us by Mr. Thompson, to 

 whom this Work already owes so much of the best 

 part of its matter : 



It may be deemed needless to describe an 

 Apple Tso well known throughout the country as one 

 of the highest excellence, and perhaps not to be 

 surpassed. But as it is one in regard to which 

 many are particularly interested, it may not be im- 

 proper to give the following account, which proves 

 its origin more conclusively. A very interesting 

 statement is to be found in the Transactions of the 

 Horticultural Society, Vol. III. p. 140, by Sir Henry 

 Goodricke, bart., on whose estate, at Ribston, near 

 Wetherby, in Yorkshire, the original tree was grow- 

 ing in 1818. " Traditionary accounts," he observes, 

 " are all we have to guide us in the history of this 

 tree. It is said, that some Apple seeds, or pips, 

 were brought from Rouen, in Normandy, about 130 

 years ago ; " (now upwards of 140), " that they were 



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